William Ashurst

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William Ashurst
Personnel
Surname William Edward Ashurst
birthday January 24, 1896
place of birth WiganEngland
date of death May 1, 1956
Place of death Weysham near KirkhamEngland
position Center Forward
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Ince Labor Club
1921-1922 Wigan Borough 5 (0)
1922–? Burscough Rangers
1 Only league games are given.

William Edward Ashurst (born January 24, 1896 in Wigan , † May 1, 1956 in Weysham near Kirkham ) was an English football player .

Career

Ashurst came in December 1921 as an amateur to club Wigan Borough , playing in the Football League Third Division North , and was "responsible for a few goals" in a friendly against the third team from Manchester City . In February 1922 he rose to the professional and came in March 1922 in two league games as a replacement for William Rigby in the center forward position for use. In mid-April, three more games followed in four days as a left half-forward , only in the fifth and last outing against AFC Wrexham managed to win a point with a 2-1 win.

At the end of the season Ashurst moved on to the Burscough Rangers, at the end of 1925 he may move to Chorley FC .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Garth Dykes: Wigan Borough in the Football League: A Complete Record and Who's Who 1921-1931 . SoccerData, Nottingham 2011, ISBN 978-1-905891-53-5 , pp. 14 .
  2. WIGAN'S FRIENDLY AFFAIR. . In: Liverpool Echo , December 10, 1921, p. 6.  (link with costs)
  3. CHORLEY & BURSCOUGH REPLAY. . In: Lancashire Evening Post , December 31, 1925, p. 7.  (paid link)